[liberationtech] ONI Summarized Global Internet Filtering Data Now Available for Download

[Will Doherty]

Hi Masashi,

Thanks for your reply.

Although I understand your explanation, I still find it misleading to 
publish charts such as the map of "Social" Internet filtering at 
http://map.opennet.net/filtering-soc.html

The U.S. clearly has a very broad national level filtering regime, 
detectable without any testing whatsoever due to the implementation 
of the Children's Internet Protection Act.

Perhaps the map could show some other kind of coding for "untested" 
areas that clearly are suffering the impact of major filtering due to 
state policy, such as in the United States.

Thanks again for your reply,

Will


At 10:41 AM 11/3/2011, Masashi Nishihata wrote:
>Hi Will,
>
>Thanks for your interest in the data and questions. To clarify this data
>does not include testing in US libraries or educational institutions in
>the US, as the overview data is intended to document the depth and
>breadth of national level filtering regimes rather than institutional
>level. Also we do not test for child pornography content in any country
>due to legal and ethical restrictions.  Because we have not collected
>technical data to verify the depth and breadth of child pornography
>content filtering or filtering in libraries and schools in the US the
>social filtering measure is rated as no evidence.
>
>While this data release is focused on national level filtering, research
>into institutional level filtering in schools and libraries is an area
>of interest for the ONI, which we have explored.  For example,  our
>latest edited volume Access Contested: Security, Identity and Resistance
>in Asian Cyberspace includes a chapter on institutional level filtering
>in the Philippines "Competing Values Regarding Internet Use in  'Free'
>Philippine Social Institutions"  by Erwin A. Alampay, Joselito C. Olpoc,
>and Regina M. Hechanova. The entire book is available for free download
>from the International Development Research Centre here (and will be up
>on opennet.net very soon):
>http://idl-bnc.idrc.ca/dspace/bitstream/10625/47209/1/133582.pdf
>
>All best,
>Masashi
>
>--
>Masashi Nishihata
>Research Manager, Citizen Lab
>Munk School of Global Affairs
>University of Toronto
>
>Web: http://www.citizenlab.org
>
>
>
>On 03/11/2011 12:23 PM, Will Doherty wrote:
> > Dear Masashi Nishihata,
> >
> > How can the OpenNet Initiative report document on a chart that there
> > is "no evidence" of "Social" filtering in the United States when the
> > report itself lists the effects of filtering technologies mandated by
> > the Children's Internet Protection Act (CIPA)?
> >
> > Sincerely,
> >
> > Will Doherty
> > Online Policy Group
> >
> > At 09:02 AM 11/3/2011, you wrote:
> >> The OpenNet Initiative is pleased to announce the availability of our
> >> summarized global Internet filtering data as a downloadable CSV file
> >> under a Creative Commons license. The data provides an overview of the
> >> most recent ONI ratings of the breadth and depth of Internet censorship
> >> in seventy-four countries across four content categories (political,
> >> social, Internet tools and conflict/security). This release makes ONI
> >> data more accessible to researchers, journalists, and data mash-up
> >> developers.
> >>
> >> The data is available on ourresearch<http://opennet.net/research>page
> >> <http://opennet.net/research%3Epage>
> >> (http://opennet.net/sites/opennet.net/files/ONI_data-20111102.zip
> >> <http://opennet.net/research>), along with adescription of our
> >> methodology
> >> (http://opennet.net/sites/opennet.net/files/ONIDatareadme_Nov%202011.pdf
> >> )
> >>
> >> This release is in part timed for Hack4Transparency
> >> (http://www.euhackathon.eu/)being
> >> <http://www.euhackathon.eu/%29being> held November 8-9, 2011 in
> >> Brussels as
> >> part of ONI support for the event.
> >>
> >> We are excited to see what the community does with this data and invite
> >> feedback and suggestions for future releases.
> >>
> >> See Orginal blog post here:
> >> 
> http://opennet.net/blog/2011/11/oni-summarized-global-internet-filtering-data-now-available-download
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> --
> >> Masashi Nishihata
> >> Research Manager, Citizen Lab
> >> Munk School of Global Affairs
> >> University of Toronto
> >>
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